U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in his Africa stop on Feb. 17, praised Angola’s president for his dramatic actions to recover billions of dollars looted by corrupt officials, saying it would help attract investment to one of Africa’s largest economies.
Angola’s President João Lourenço, who took office two-and-a-half years ago had done “great work” to eliminate corruption, Pompeo said at a joint press conference with Angolan Minister of External Relations Manuel Augusto. He increased transparency of the government and “helped financial institutions clean up their books,” Pompeo added.
